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Texas District 4 of the ''' United States House Of Representatives ''' is a Congressional district that serves an area that includes some counties along the Red River north of Dallas , including all of Collin County outside of the area around Plano . It then snakes down east of Dallas to include some counties in East Texas like Van Zandt and portions of Kaufman . As of the 2000 Census , District 4 represents 651,620 people who are predominantly Caucasian (80.8%) and middle-class (median family income is US$ 46,086, compared to $50,046 nationwide). Once a reliably Democratic district, the district swung rapidly into the Republican column as Dallas' suburbs encroached on it. In fact, it has not supported a Democrat for President since 1964 . For many years, it was based in Tyler , but a controversial 2003 Redistricting orchestrated by then- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay drew it and neighboring Longview out of District 4 and into neighboring District 1 which made District 1 significantly more Republican. The district has had eleven congressmen since its creation after the Civil War . Ralph Hall , the current dean of the Texas congressional delegation, has represented the district since 1981 . Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in 2004 . He had been rumored as a Party Switcher for some time, and many experts believed his district was almost certain to be taken over by a Republican anyway once he retired. The district's best-known congressman was Sam Rayburn , the longtime Speaker Of The House . Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in the fourth district. REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXAS DISTRICT 4 The district was created in 1869 , one of two new districts that Texas gained after the 1860 Census , but was not filled due to the Civil War and Reconstruction . ELECTION RESULTS
Ralph Hall 's Democratic opponent in the 2006 election was Dr. Glenn Melancon . |
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